Adriana Guerrini (22 September 1907, Firenze - 24 April 1970, Milano) : Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Guerrini studied at the Music Conservatory in Florence and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She made her debut on Italian Radio (RAI) in 1940, singing in Giordano's "Siberia" and Puccini's "Il Tabarro".
She made her stage debut in 1942, as Leonora in "Il Trovatore" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She then appeared at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1944, as Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly" and Maddalena in "Andrea Chénier", at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in 1950, as Violetta in "La Traviata" and the title role in "Aida".
Her greatest triumphs occurred at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she sang Amelia in "Un Ballo in Maschera", Donna Leonora in "La Forza del Destino", Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana", the title role in "Tosca", etc. She also won considerable acclaim at the Verona Arena as the title role in Gluck's "Iphigénie en Aulide" and Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier". During the celebration of Verdi's 50th death anniversary in 1951, she sang on Italian radio the roles of Amalia in "I Masnadieri", and Lina in "La Battaglia di Legnano".
Outside Italy, she made guest appearances at the Zurich Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra de Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon.
Gianni Poggi (4 October 1921, Piacenza - 16 December 1989, Piacenza) was an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
He studied first in Bologna with soprano Valeria Manna, and later in Milan with baritone Emilio Ghirardini. He made his debut in Palermo, as Rodolfo in "La Bohème" in 1947. He first sang at La Scala in 1948 and appeared there until 1965, his roles included: Riccardo, Enzo, Fernando, Edgardo, Duca di Mantua, Alfredo, Cavaradossi, etc.
He also sang at all the major opera houses throughout Italy, notably in Florence in 1955, in a revival of Donizetti's Dom Sebastien. He portrayed the role of Lohengrin at Arena of Verona in 1949 and in his home town Piacenza in 1963 (both sung in Italian).
Poggi made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955, in Rigoletto, opposite Robert Merrill and Roberta Peters. He returned for further performances in 1957: Rigoletto again (now with Leonard Warren), Tosca (opposite Antonietta Stella and Walter Cassel, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos), La bohème (with Licia Albanese and Ettore Bastianini, conducted by Thomas Schippers), Lucia di Lammermoor (with Lily Pons), La traviata (opposite Renata Tebaldi), and La Gioconda (with Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi and Regina Resnik).
He was a regular guest at the Vienna State Opera from 1959 to 1964, also appearing at the Berlin State Opera and Monte Carlo Opera. He retired from the stage in 1969, his last role being Faust of Boito's Mefistofele.
Paolo Silveri (28 December 1913, Ofena - 3 July 2001, Roma) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, one of the finest Verdi baritones of his time.
Silveri studied first in Capestrano (L'Aquila) then in Milano with Perugini, and later in Rome with Riccardo Stracciari and the bass Giulio Cirino (father of Silveri's wife Delia), making his debut there as Hans Schwartz, a bass role, in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1939.
After further studies, he made new debut as a baritone in 1944, as Germont in Rome. Thereafter, he rapidly sang throughout Italy, notably at the San Carlo in Naples, and La Scala in Milan, debut as de Luna in 1949. Also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, in 1946, and at the Paris Opéra, debut in 1951, as Renato.
Silveri made his debut in the USA at the Metropolitan Opera in 1950, as Don Giovanni with Fritz Reiner conducting. There he also sang Rigoletto and Posa.
He attempted the role of Otello in Dublin in 1959, thus being one of a few singers to professionally perform both as a bass, bariton and tenor, but quickly reverted to baritone roles. He was especially noted for his interpretations of Verdi operas and some other roles like Scarpia (Tosca), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo Tell and Don Giovanni.
He can be heard on complete recordings of Nabucco, La traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo, La Gioconda, and Tosca.
Silveri retired from the stage in 1968 after a last performance of Rigoletto in Budapest with his daughter Silvia in the role of Gilda, and taught in Rome, where he died at age 87 in the summer of 2001.
Gracias por esta Tosca, que se encontraba entre mis pendientes con el gran Gianni Poggi.
Aún quedan algunas olvidadas que grabó para el sello Philips: La bohème y Tosca con Antonietta Stella, ambas del año 1957; y Pagliacci con Aureliana Beltrami y Cavalleria Rusticana con Caterina Mancini, ambas de 1958.
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ResponderEliminarAdriana Guerrini (22 September 1907, Firenze - 24 April 1970, Milano) : Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
ResponderEliminarGuerrini studied at the Music Conservatory in Florence and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She made her debut on Italian Radio (RAI) in 1940, singing in Giordano's "Siberia" and Puccini's "Il Tabarro".
She made her stage debut in 1942, as Leonora in "Il Trovatore" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She then appeared at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1944, as Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly" and Maddalena in "Andrea Chénier", at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in 1950, as Violetta in "La Traviata" and the title role in "Aida".
Her greatest triumphs occurred at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she sang Amelia in "Un Ballo in Maschera", Donna Leonora in "La Forza del Destino", Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana", the title role in "Tosca", etc. She also won considerable acclaim at the Verona Arena as the title role in Gluck's "Iphigénie en Aulide" and Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier". During the celebration of Verdi's 50th death anniversary in 1951, she sang on Italian radio the roles of Amalia in "I Masnadieri", and Lina in "La Battaglia di Legnano".
Outside Italy, she made guest appearances at the Zurich Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Opéra de Paris, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon.
(source: Wikipedia)
Gianni Poggi (4 October 1921, Piacenza - 16 December 1989, Piacenza) was an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
ResponderEliminarHe studied first in Bologna with soprano Valeria Manna, and later in Milan with baritone Emilio Ghirardini. He made his debut in Palermo, as Rodolfo in "La Bohème" in 1947. He first sang at La Scala in 1948 and appeared there until 1965, his roles included: Riccardo, Enzo, Fernando, Edgardo, Duca di Mantua, Alfredo, Cavaradossi, etc.
He also sang at all the major opera houses throughout Italy, notably in Florence in 1955, in a revival of Donizetti's Dom Sebastien. He portrayed the role of Lohengrin at Arena of Verona in 1949 and in his home town Piacenza in 1963 (both sung in Italian).
Poggi made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955, in Rigoletto, opposite Robert Merrill and Roberta Peters. He returned for further performances in 1957: Rigoletto again (now with Leonard Warren), Tosca (opposite Antonietta Stella and Walter Cassel, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos), La bohème (with Licia Albanese and Ettore Bastianini, conducted by Thomas Schippers), Lucia di Lammermoor (with Lily Pons), La traviata (opposite Renata Tebaldi), and La Gioconda (with Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi and Regina Resnik).
He was a regular guest at the Vienna State Opera from 1959 to 1964, also appearing at the Berlin State Opera and Monte Carlo Opera. He retired from the stage in 1969, his last role being Faust of Boito's Mefistofele.
(source: Wikipedia)
Paolo Silveri (28 December 1913, Ofena - 3 July 2001, Roma) was an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, one of the finest Verdi baritones of his time.
ResponderEliminarSilveri studied first in Capestrano (L'Aquila) then in Milano with Perugini, and later in Rome with Riccardo Stracciari and the bass Giulio Cirino (father of Silveri's wife Delia), making his debut there as Hans Schwartz, a bass role, in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 1939.
After further studies, he made new debut as a baritone in 1944, as Germont in Rome. Thereafter, he rapidly sang throughout Italy, notably at the San Carlo in Naples, and La Scala in Milan, debut as de Luna in 1949. Also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, in 1946, and at the Paris Opéra, debut in 1951, as Renato.
Silveri made his debut in the USA at the Metropolitan Opera in 1950, as Don Giovanni with Fritz Reiner conducting. There he also sang Rigoletto and Posa.
He attempted the role of Otello in Dublin in 1959, thus being one of a few singers to professionally perform both as a bass, bariton and tenor, but quickly reverted to baritone roles. He was especially noted for his interpretations of Verdi operas and some other roles like Scarpia (Tosca), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Guglielmo Tell and Don Giovanni.
He can be heard on complete recordings of Nabucco, La traviata, Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo, La Gioconda, and Tosca.
Silveri retired from the stage in 1968 after a last performance of Rigoletto in Budapest with his daughter Silvia in the role of Gilda, and taught in Rome, where he died at age 87 in the summer of 2001.
(source: Wikipedia)
Thank you for these interesting details !
Eliminar¡Gracias por estos interesantes detalles!
Gracias por esta Tosca, que se encontraba entre mis pendientes con el gran Gianni Poggi.
ResponderEliminarAún quedan algunas olvidadas que grabó para el sello Philips: La bohème y Tosca con Antonietta Stella, ambas del año 1957; y Pagliacci con Aureliana Beltrami y Cavalleria Rusticana con Caterina Mancini, ambas de 1958.
Confiamos en que aparezcan pronto.
Pronto estarán en el blog.Tengo que pasarlas del vinilo.
EliminarAny chance of re-upload ?
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